Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:22:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:21:53 -0500 Received: from vger.timpanogas.org ([207.109.151.240]:6154 "EHLO vger.timpanogas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:21:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:16:17 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" To: lists@frednet.dyndns.org Cc: Anton Altaparmakov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dneault@microsoft.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux-NTFS project, first public release Message-ID: <20010203181617.B8621@vger.timpanogas.org> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010203184941.00a95ae0@pop.cus.cam.ac.uk> <20010203181433.A2882@frednet.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010203181433.A2882@frednet.dyndns.org>; from lists@frednet.dyndns.org on Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:14:33PM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:14:33PM -0600, lists@frednet.dyndns.org wrote: > > Thank goodness, it's about time. :-) To date, I have provided tools to 7,000+ folks who use this driver that trash their NTFS partitions. TRG will discontinue distribution of these tools at this point since Anton has a Linux based version. Please do not email me for any more NT based repair tools for damaged NTFS partitions trashed by Linux. Please contact Andre and use his tools instead. I will inform Microsoft I will no longer be providing these tools since Anton now has something that will do the job. :-) Jeff > > On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 07:08:44PM +0000, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > > This is to announce the first public release of the Linux-NTFS project > > hosted on sourceforge. The project page, where you can download the source > > code tar ball or rpm as well as precompiled RPMs for RedHat Linux 7.0 (i386 > > architecture only), is: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/ > > You can also use the CVS server if you prefer... > > Note, that you need the kernel headers installed to compile linux-ntfs > > source (probably you will need 2.4.x kernel headers and not 2.2.x ones but > > I haven't actually checked whether it works with 2.2.x or not). > > > > The first release contains the all new and wonderful ntfsfix utility, which > > repairs some of the damage that the current Linux NTFS driver does when > > writing to an NTFS partition. > > > > If you are doing any writing to NTFS partitions using the Linux NTFS driver > > this is an absolute *MUST* at the present time. It won't solve all > > problems, but it goes quite some way to prevent data corruption. > > > > Run it after dismounting your NTFS partition in Linux but before rebooting > > into Windows NT/2000. > > > > Note, after running the utility, when Windows boots up it will run an > > automatic chkdsk on the partition which will finish fixing the damage done > > by the Linux NTFS driver without corrupting the written data or any other > > data (as long as the Linux NTFS driver hasn't corrupted something beyond > > repair, obviously). > > > > For amusement value, the first release also includes the ntfsdump_logfile > > utility which when used on an NTFS partition will display information about > > the journal ($LogFile) of that partition. > > > > Finally both these utilities make use of the also included NTFS library > > which offer NTFS access to open source programs. It is currently under > > heavy development and the API is not going to remain as it is so don't use > > it yet for your own programs. > > > > For everyone interested in NTFS on-disk structures and functionality, you > > will find the doc directory and especially the include directory to be of > > great interest as the later includes header files with all known to me NTFS > > structures. I still haven't gone through all the NTFS information that is > > available so they are considered work in progress but are fairly complete I > > thing. Most people will probably find that the $LogFile structures have > > never been published before anywhere and now we have the restart area > > structure definitions. > > > > Any problems compiling/running the utilities, just give me a shout, or even > > better submit bug reports on the project page! > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Anton > > > > > > -- > > "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet get the work done". - > > Linus Torvalds > > -- > > Anton Altaparmakov (replace at with @) > > Linux NTFS Maintainer / WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-ntfs/ > > ICQ: 8561279 / WWW: http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/ > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/